Seeing these green skins pressing the farmers who entered the town to sell goods to the ground, Zhu Houzhao couldn't be an indifferent bystander, after all, he was not a small citizen of Shengdou, and he didn't need to be powerless because of his weakness.

Because these green skins beat this farmer in front of Zhu Houzhao's eyes, Zhu Houzhao did not let Guo Rong open his mouth to dissuade him, but directly ordered himself: "Stop!" ”

These Qingpi stopped beating the seller, and only turned around and glanced at Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao is not afraid of these green skins, in the eyes of the people, these green skins may be the head snake, a tyrant, and a character who cannot be provoked, but in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, he can't even talk about threats.

But when these green skins saw that Zhu Houzhao was dressed gorgeously, they did not act against Zhu Houzhao as if they were to the villagers, and only one of the leaders came forward and verbally threatened:

"This guest officer with a Beijing accent, presumably a merchant who came from Beijing for the first time, does not know the rules of our Nanxun Town, Xing is here to advise, there are some idle things, the guest officer should not take care of it, this dealer should naturally fight if the rules are broken!"

Zhu Houzhao thought to himself that he was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and in the ruling area of the Ming Dynasty, only himself, the emperor, had the power to make rules, and he had made many rules, but it seemed that there were no rules that prevented the people from buying and selling.

Thereupon.

Zhu Houzhao asked: "Dare to ask, what rules did he violate?"

"Nature is the rules of our tooth shop, business has to go through our tooth shop of all walks of hand, this merchant seems to be the first time to come to Nanxun Town, if you want to play the sharp live in the store, you have to find the shop first, to buy raw silk and cotton yarn naturally have to find the cloth shop first, this is the rule of our Nanxun Town."

After the head of the green skin spoke, he continued to command: "Call me!" ”

So, several other green skins continued to fight.

And this dealer also seems to be a person without rigidity, only holding his head and begging for mercy, and he does not dare to resist.

"Wait!"

Zhu Houzhao shouted again at this time, and immediately ordered: "The rules you just made are not rules, the outline of the constitution stipulates that only the Son of Heaven has the power to legislate, that is, the power to make rules, and your so-called rules are naturally invalid, neither the dealer nor the merchant need to abide by it, as for your beating, it is a trampling on my Ming law!" You are sinning! ”

The green skin headed by this also stopped, and couldn't help laughing for a while: "It seems that the guest officer is not a businessman, but an official."

"Naturally not, what are our identities, you don't have to ask, and you are not qualified to ask", Zhu Houzhao said and gave Jinyi Wei Guo Rong a look, Guo Rong understood, so he ordered to help the beaten Zhuang Hu up.

And at this time, the head of Qingpi also laughed: "Since you are not an official, what are you doing, of course, even if you are an official, you can't fail to abide by our rules when you come to Nanxun Town, what constitutional outline, what Son of Heaven, this guest official, are you joking with me, what kind of thing is his emperor, and he can still manage my Nanxun Town"

"His emperor Lao'er is really not a thing, but at least based on what you just said, he can ask for your head, believe it or not", Zhu Houzhao also replied with a smile.

The green skin led by this also saw that Zhu Houzhao spoke so politely, so he thought that Zhu Houzhao should not be a person with a strong background, so he had no scruples, but what he didn't know was that Zhu Houzhao just didn't want to directly break the law and kill people.

"I believe it, but his emperor can know what I said, and you can prove what I said", the leader Qingpi said, thinking that if he was really a person with a background, he would naturally not be so patient to talk to him, so he thought that Zhu Houzhao was not a person who could not be provoked, and he became more and more emboldened: "I don't have time to make noise with you today, continue to fight me, break one of this guy's legs, and see if he dares to enter the town to sell privately!" ”

After the leader Qingpi finished speaking, several Qingpi were about to beat the farmer again.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao gave a look at Guo Rong, Guo Rong understood, and directly whipped his legs, and swept away the green skin that was close to the villager, and the green skin headed by him took a look: "Yo, you really have to meddle in things, dare to move, don't think that you are people from the capital, just dare to spread wild in our Nanxun territory, brothers, let them have a long memory!" ”

As soon as the head of the green skin said, several green skins greeted Zhu Houzhao and the others.

But within four or five rounds, they were all knocked to the ground by Guo Rong and screamed.

The Qingpi led by this saw that the people brought by Zhu Houzhao were good, and he also realized that he had met someone with not easy combat power, so he had to leave with his own people, but he still shouted: "You have the ability, these days, don't leave Nanxun Town, otherwise, I will let you die without a place to be buried!" ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't pay attention to these green skins, and he didn't take the threat of these green skins to heart at all, but only instructed Guo Rong: "Let that farmer return to his hometown." ”

And the dealer didn't take a few steps, but suddenly turned around and came back, hugging Zhu Houzhao's feet: "You can't go, you stepped on my raw silk and cotton yarn, and beat me, you have to pay me the capital, this is the capital that my family depends on for a living!" Whining! ”

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a while: "I ...... It's really strange, this brother, if I hadn't helped you just now, those green skins would have broken your legs a long time ago, not only did you not thank me, but also said that I trampled on your raw silk and cotton yarn, and said that my people beat you, you have no conscience in doing this! ”

"What a green skin! Where is there any green skin in my Nanxun Town! It's you! It's you, a foreigner, who bullied me, and I refused to sell it to you cheaply, so you stepped on my goods, and you compensated me! ”

The farmer didn't dare to look at Zhu Houzhao's eyes, only hugged Zhu Houzhao's feet, and cried desperately.

And at this time, there was also a staff member wearing a copper coin robe who walked over, but as soon as the staff member of the copper coin robe came, the dealer ran to the outsider: "Zhai Xianggong, you want to be the master of the little one, these guest officials rely on themselves to be from Beijing, and they want to buy my raw silk and cotton yarn at a low price, I don't want to say that they want to sell it to your tooth shop, but they force me to sell, I refuse to beat me and trample on my raw silk and cotton yarn, my family depends on this work, what can I do!" Whining! ”

The farmer cried miserably.

But the people around Zhu Houzhao were extremely angry at this time, because everyone knew that the dealer was obviously lying and beating up.

Zhu Houzhao also felt very stunned, he always thought that the evil in society existed in the powerful class, after all, the weak eat the strong, but now he has found that in fact, the weak will also have an evil side, and will use their pity and their kindness to achieve their own interests.

People have a conscience but also have the pursuit of profit maximization, at the moment this farmer obviously sees that he is kind and seems to be relatively wealthy, or a foreigner, naturally he wants to climb himself to get a compensation, so as to reduce the loss caused by being beaten by Yaxing Qingpi and stepping on raw silk and cotton yarn after entering the town.

It's understandable, and it's a seemingly clever approach.

But Zhu Houzhao was very disgusted with this kind of cleverness, and even extremely angry, even more angry than the ruling class bullying the ruling class, because these people did not know how serious the consequences and costs of their actions would be, and perhaps only when they were oppressed by the government and the evil forces of the local gentry to the point that no one was willing to stand up for them, they would realize how serious the consequences and costs were.

Zhu Houzhao is very unhappy now, and he looks at the dealer who is holding his thigh and touching himself.

And this dealer also seems to be aware of Zhu Houzhao's anger and dare not look at Zhu Houzhao, but he also seems to know that Zhu Houzhao is a good person, a person who will not turn his face against himself because of compensation for some money, not to mention that he also has Zhai Yuanwai, the owner of the tooth store who happened to come over, he believes that Zhai Yuanwai will definitely not want to see a merchant who wants to buy goods directly from the banker.

This Zhai Yuanwai did come over, and he arched his hand towards Zhu Houzhao with great grace: "I don't know that this benevolent brother has a great name, and he is now the boss of the Southern Patrol Cloth Shop, since this farmer is entering the town to sell goods, it is naturally in line with the rules, but I don't know, why does this merchant want to bully people and take away people's livelihoods, although Zhai is a native of the village, but he does not dare to favor the villagers of the village, this merchant still compensates the villagers for this loss!" This way you won't embarrass each other, and you don't have to go to the government! ”

"Contemptible Zhang Xia, but Zhang really didn't force this dealer to buy or even step on its goods, and it was Zhang who helped him, otherwise this dealer would only be beaten all over the body by those green skins, and the goods were only afraid that they would be completely trampled on by those green skins, and this dealer not only did not thank but climbed Zhang, which really made Zhang sad, if he wanted to sue, Zhang also wanted to sue him for a crime of climbing!"

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he glanced at the Zhuang Hu again, and smiled faintly: "This big brother, Zhang Mou will give you another chance, you said that Zhang Mou helped you, this person's conscience can not be lost, if it is lost, there will be karma, if the world's well-wishers are slandered by you like this, then there will be no good people willing to stand up for you in the future." ”

Zhu Houzhao's words also touched the farmer, but he thought that Zhu Houzhao listened to the accent but a foreigner, even if he slandered him, it would not spread to the township, and it was only a kind-hearted person who hurt him the most, not to mention that this kind-hearted person was very rich at a glance, even if he lost a few points, it was nothing, and naturally it had no effect, and this person would not be able to cure me if he left Nanxun Town in the future, although this person wanted to sue the official, but the grandfather naturally would not treat himself as a local because of a foreigner, and as long as Zhai Yuan was willing to help himself, I don't have to be afraid of this person suing the official, because Zhai Yuanwai is a student of the master.

Therefore, the farmer shook his head: "No, it's not like this, what green skin, no green skin, it is you and the strong man you brought who want to buy my goods at a very low price, and I refuse to say that I want to sell it to the tooth shop, so you instigated your strong man to beat me, and asked me to kneel down for you, and trampled on my goods!" ”

Saying that, the dealer continued to kowtow to Zhai Yuanwai and said, "Zhai Xianggong, you have to make the decision for me!" ”

Seeing this, Jinyi Wei Guo Rong wanted to reveal his identity, Zhu Houzhao hurriedly grabbed Guo Rong, and only smiled faintly: "Since this is the case, report to the official." ”

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was so cooperative, Zhai Yuan didn't say anything more, but said: "Since this is the case, I will report to the official, Zhai is not easy to favor anyone, and he is willing to write a confession for the two and submit it to the master!" ”

"Yes, let the county government bring someone to the restaurant in front of me to find me!" Zhu Houzhao was about to raise his feet and leave, but found that the farmer was still holding his feet, and Zhu Houzhao had to ask the farmer: "Why, you still refuse to let go of your hand now, and you have to wait for the people from the county government to arrest me." ”

The dealer was obviously more willing to listen to Zhai Yuanwai, so he glanced at Zhai Yuanwai.

This Zhai Yuanwai only feigned anger at this time and said: "You let go!" Whether this guest officer bullied you, or you climbed the false accusation of this guest officer, when the time comes, you will have your own master in charge, even if this guest officer insults you, he will not be able to run away at that time, you can't be so reasonable and deceive! ”

Hearing this Zhai Yuanwai say this, the farmer let go of his hand.

Only then was Zhu Houzhao able to pull away and walk away.

"Guo Rong, this is really not in the rivers and lakes, I really don't know that the rivers and lakes are sinister, above the court, although the hidden arrows are difficult to prevent, but there are checks and balances, and they dare not come nonsense, but this rural market is really naked and domineering, you say, shouldn't I help the dealer today?"

Frankly speaking, Zhu Houzhao was just a college student who had not been involved in the world for a long time in his previous life, and the modern more civilized system and the level he himself came into contact with did not make him have a clear understanding of human nature, and now he has been on the throne for a long time in the Ming Dynasty, and he is in power, so it is naturally difficult to feel the cruelty of society and the complexity of human nature.

And today's encounter has taught Zhu Houzhao a good lesson, he found that it was not as simple as he imagined to help the poor, relying on the weak to bully the hateful, and the weak disregarding morality only to pursue their own interests is also one of the reasons for the lack of warmth and even cruelty and destruction of society.

"Your Majesty, the minister has spent some days in the well of the capital city, knowing that the people's life is not easy, and sometimes they will do shameless things in order to be able to eat enough, and the minister also read some books later by His Majesty's grace, knowing that food and clothing are sufficient and know honor and disgrace, and know etiquette, this farmer may only do this immoral act because he does not want to lose the goods in vain, and His Majesty is naturally right to help him;

It's just that His Majesty is too benevolent, so that he feels that His Majesty can be bullied, if His Majesty slashes those green skins, this dealer can only be grateful to His Majesty, and dare not slander His Majesty, because he will know that those who dare to kill these green skins with not simple backgrounds must not be simple and cannot be provoked, but His Majesty did not kill these green skins, which made this Zhuang Hu think that His Majesty was easy to bully, plus that Zhai Xianggong appeared, and he could only slander His Majesty in order to recover the loss of his goods being trampled! ”

Guo Rong replied that Guo Rong, who had been at the grassroots level in Beijing, knew these human natures better than Zhu Houzhao, so he answered truthfully.

After staying by Emperor Zhu Houzhao's side for a long time, Guo Rong also knew that it was very important for the superior to abide by the law and discipline, and it was also important not to abuse power, but he also had to admit that it was easy to be self-defeating like His Majesty if he did not kill because he was the emperor, because neither the evil nor the helped person thought that you just didn't want to abuse power, but only that you were afraid and that you were not so strong.

"But those Qingpi are just beaten, even if I want to punish them for capital crimes, I have to have a law interrogation ceremony, if I kill them directly, it will be a betrayal of the law of the Ming Dynasty, but the funny thing is that I did this in the eyes of the dealer actually became a manifestation that I did not dare to kill them, and it became a manifestation of my good bullying! I understand why it is so difficult to govern the country according to the law! ”

"My people in the Ming Dynasty are really unenlightened, and they don't know how important it is for them to maintain the dignity of the law and morality, maybe one day they will no longer be the people, and they will not treat the people as people!"

Zhu Houzhao sat back in his chair with some chagrin.

Guo Rong can also see His Majesty's disappointment, but he can't say anything, he can only clench his fists, he is very angry, he is more angry than Zhu Houzhao, and he is also very helpless, his Majesty the Emperor must be extremely disappointed in his people at this moment, and may even become a tyrant who no longer cares about the interests of the people, but he doesn't know how to consol him, he really wants to force the Zhuang Hu to admit his mistakes and repent to His Majesty the Emperor, but he knows that even if he does that, it is fake, the Zhuang Hu is not really repentant, but afraid of his own power.

And at this time, the people from the county government came: "The master has an order to detain Zhang Xia and others to the court!" ”

Because there are many people around Zhu Houzhao, the county government can also see that Zhu Houzhao's identity will never be a simple commoner, so he did not forcibly escort Zhu Houzhao, but only summoned the order of the county.

Guo Rong couldn't help but prepare to draw his sword, as long as Zhu Houzhao gave the order, he could kill these servants now.

However, Zhu Houzhao did not give an order, only commanded in a low voice: "Go with me to see, see how the county-level government manages the place, don't touch it personally, you really don't know the secrets here, people hiding in the shadows don't have to reveal their identities, you follow me in the open, go with me." ”

Zhu Houzhao stood up first; "Tired to lead the way!"

This official sent Zhu Houzhao to be so polite, and naturally, like most people, he thought that those who obeyed the rules and acted politely were less powerful and more cowardly, so he just snorted lightly, and took Zhu Houzhao and others to the county office.

……

At this time.

Zhai Yuanwai had already come to Mei Zhen of Zhixian County first, and pushed a silver dollar in front of the master, and then said to Mei Zhixian: "Teacher, today's public case is actually not complicated, but since the dealer said that the merchant wants to buy raw silk and cotton yarn directly from the farmer, this is a taboo in Nanxun Town, no matter what, this merchant is going to teach a lesson." ”

"What is the background of this merchant, can you check it" This Mei Zhixian asked, most of the Gyeonggi merchants who can come to Jiangnan to purchase are eunuchs and nobles, so Mei Zhen also has to be cautious.

"The student has checked, it is not a high-ranking official and eunuch, and there is no person named Zhang Xia, and there are indeed no big names in Nanxun Town recently, and the teacher does not have to worry about anything wrong, but there are a lot of servants brought by this Zhang Xia, I am afraid that he is also the son of a rich and powerful businessman, and he must be able to extort one or two thousand silver dollars."

This Zhai Yuanwai said.

"The old man already knows, you go down first, spend more time on Qiuqiu, and you can't easily take care of this lawsuit in the future," said Mei Zhen, the magistrate.

This Zhai member was also busy saying yes.

At that time, the official had already come to report: "Master, Zhang Xia and Pei Zhuanghu have been detained!" ”

"Open the court to ask the case", this Mei Zhen ordered, then changed into official clothes and came to the middle hall.

Here, Zhu Houzhao and the Zhuang household were already waiting in the hall.

When he was young, Na Meizhi County walked out: "Why don't the people in the hall kneel?"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but be stunned, thinking to himself that he had already issued an order to ban the people from kneeling for trial when they saw officials, he had been the emperor for 20 years, and his holy decree was in vain, and the officials still let the civilians kneel, and the civilians did not realize that it was already unruly for them to kneel for trial.

"The outline of the constitution stipulates that the people of the Ming Dynasty have no reason to kneel easily, and although officials govern one side, they must not regard the people as slaves and trample on the dignity of the people!" Zhu Houzhao said.

This Mei Zhen deliberately gave Zhu Houzhao a killing stick, and shouted: "If you dare not kneel, you will despise the court and beat this official!" ”

As soon as Mei Zhen's words fell, several soap class officials came over with sticks.

And the dealer knelt down first, and saw this couldn't help but secretly get proud, thinking that he didn't kneel when he saw this person at the beginning, and thought that he had some merit in his body, and was ready to wait for the grandfather to appear before it was revealed, in that case, he was afraid that he would not be able to eat and walk around, after all, he inadvertently offended a person with a meritorious name, and it seems that at the moment it is just a common man who has no merit, and he has to kneel when he should kneel, and he also talks about the outline of the constitution, what is the outline of the constitution, can there be what the county master said.

"Wait, my son-in-law is Zhang Xia, the nephew of the Marquis of Shou Ning, and now he has the official of the Jinyi Guard, so it is naturally inconvenient to kneel!"

When Zhu Houzhao was thinking that he couldn't pretend to be able to do so, Guo Rong, the Jinyi Guard, said this in a hurry, and also exposed half of the Jinyi Guard's flying fish suit under the robe.

Zhu Houzhao nodded: "That's right, the contemptible person is Zhang Xia, the commander of Jinyiwei." ”

Smack!

At this time, the magistrate Mei Zhen couldn't help but roll down from the chair, the official hat fell to the ground, and it took a while to get up from the official case: "You, what are you talking about, you are the nephew of the Marquis of Shouning"

Zhu Houzhao is indeed the nephew of Shou Ninghou, and he can be regarded as a nephew, so it is naturally not wrong to say so.

And at this time, Mei Zhen, the magistrate, didn't know what to do for a while, and only looked at the Zhuang household: "Pull out this Diao Min who is accusing the emperor and kill him!" ”

The farmer was also blind, and at the same time realized that something was wrong, and was busy kowtowing to Zhu Houzhao: "Spare your life, this lord, the little one didn't expect you to be a nobleman, the little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and the little one shouldn't accuse you, please see that it's not easy for the little one to feed a family, spare the little one's life!" ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't speak at first, because he didn't know how to deal with this matter for a while, thinking that he couldn't suppress these people with the outline of the constitution and the law, but why did Guo Rong just make up an identity casually, and he was just the nephew of Shou Ninghou, so he was scared of these farts and urine, and sure enough, Daming still governed society by himself.